Farm gate



March 15, 1927.

J. c. SCHULTE FARM GATE Filed July .23. 1925 Gwen/Lu I Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN C. SCHULTE, OF NORWAY, IOWA.

FARM GATE.

Application filed July 23 1925. Serial No. 45,624.

This invention relates to long gates used for fields and lanes, and the object of theinvention is to provide a gate which vmay be esaily adjusted and leveled-as the supporting hinged-post sags, and in extraordinary cases, as when the way is obstructed by snowdrifts, may be tilted to any desn'ed height for vehicles to pass through.

The invention is fully disclosed in the description and claims following, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional detail, showing the double pivoting of the gate and the manner of hinging the same to a post.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 denotes the latch-post and 6 the hinge-post for a gate of the type above mentioned. It is common to reinforce the hinge-post by means of a guy-wire 7, or' the like, but even I with the best possible anchorage the post is almost sure to sag under the weight of the gate. This calls for a resetting of the post, or some adjustment of the gate to prevent its scraping on the ground. The purpose of this invention is to provide for such an adjustment of the gate, and in a very simple manner.

The gate itself, 8, is herein shown as of a conventional wood frame type, with horizontal bars 9 and vertical cross-bars 10, 11 and 12. The bars 10 carry the latch 13, of

a well known type, engaging a latch-plate post 17 and the end-bar 12. The gate may thus turn on this post, and parallel therewith. In order that the gate at this end may be raised and lowered the post'is slotted at 19, and the slot provided with lateral recesses 19 to partially admit the bolt, so that it does not slip. The proper strength and durability of this part of the gate is secured by providing steel cheek-plates 20, suitably slotted and notched, to reinforce the post 17.

The upper end of the post 17 isprovided plates 22 are attached tothe lower corner of the gate at the free end. These plates are adapted to holdthe ends of a looped guy-wire 23 straddling the gate, by which means the free end of the gate may be raised or lowered as conditions require. When the gate is so obstructed by snow that this raising of it is i-nsuflicient, the whole gate may be up-ended to a vertical position to make a passageway through.

The gate 1s necessarily offset laterally to swing it to a right angle in either direction the hinge-plus are set diagonally, as shown in Fig. 2.

It is contemplated that a steel-framed gate may be mounted in the manner above a with serrated plates 21, and corresponding from the hinge-post, and to make it possible described, but the special construction of the gate proper may be of any type adapted for co-operation with the novel structures above described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In combinationwith agate and its supporting hinge-post, asupplemental post carrying the gate hinges, a pivot-boltconnecting said supplementalpost with one end of the gate, slotted and recessed cheek-plates to receive the pivot-bolt, and alooped guy engaging the upper end of the supplemental post and the lower part of the free end of the gate, with means for holding the ends of saidguy in adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

JOHN C. SCHULTE. 

